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US4217786A
US4217786A US05/945,995 US94599578A US4217786A US 4217786 A US4217786 A US 4217786A US 94599578 A US94599578 A US 94599578A US 4217786 A US4217786 A US 4217786A
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Kenzo Okude
Koji Nirei
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  • the present invention relates to a transmission cable for use with an ultrasonic device such as an ultrasonic machining device and the like and, more particularly, to a transmission cable of the type that comprises a plurality of fine wires covered with a tubular member.
  • the conventional transmission cable used as a transmission medium for an ultrasonic device has been made of a single thick metallic wire.
  • this kind of cable has such drawbacks that it is not always satisfactory in its way of transmitting ultrasonic oscillations efficiently to a terminal machining tool coupled to the cable and, moreover, it lacks flexibility and is therefore inconvenient for carrying out ultrasonic machining operations with the tool.
  • the present inventors have found, after experiments, that by use of a transmission cable comprising a plurality of fine metallic wires covered with a flexible tubular member, preferably that which is filled with a liquid, the ultrasonic oscillations effected by the ultrasonic device can be transmitted more efficiently than otherwise to the terminal machining tool coupled to the cable and further that this type of cable, since the tubular member is made of a flexible material, is easy to handle and therefore convenient for carrying out ultrasonic machining operations.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved transmission cable for use with an ultrasonic device such as an ultrasonic machining device.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a transmission cable of the type that comprises a plurality of fine wires covered with a tubular member.
  • Further object of the present invention is to provide a transmission cable adopted to transmit ultrasonic oscillations effected by the ultrasonic device to a terminal machining tool coupled to the cable in an efficient manner.
  • Still further object of the present invention is to provide a transmission cable which is flexible and convenient for carrying out ultrasonic machining operations with the terminal machining tool.
  • the transmission cable of the present invention comprises essentially a plurality of fine wires covered with a tubular member.
  • the tubular member may be made of a flexible heat resistant material and may be filled with a liquid through which the wires pass so that the lateral vibrations of the wires are suppressed to thereby promote transmission efficiency of the cable.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a second preferred embodiment of same
  • FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a third preferred embodiment of same.
  • FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a fourth preferred embodiment of same.
  • FIG. 5 is a graph showing the transmission efficiency of the cable according to the present invention plotted against variations of the viscosity of a liquid filled into the cable.
  • the cable of the present invention generally comprises, throughout all the embodiments, a plurality of fine metallic wires 3 of equal length covered with a tubular member 4.
  • a numeral 1 indicates an output terminal of an ultrasonic oscillation generating source coupled to one end of the cable and a numeral 2 indicates an input terminal of a terminal machining tool coupled to the other end of the cable.
  • Each of said fine wires may preferably be made of metal such as carbon steel having a diameter of about 0.3 to 2 mm. It is desirable that the diameter of each wire be comparatively small in consideration of the fluctuation and fall of the transmission efficiency of the cable, as well as of its flexibility.
  • the optimum diameter of the wire which satisfies the above mentioned conditions in actual practice is in the range of about 0.3 to 2 mm as aforesaid.
  • the tubular member 4 may preferably be made of a flexible material such as synthetic rubber like silicone rubber, natural rubber, synthetic resins like fluorine-contained resin, glass fiber, cotton or jute. Further, it is desirable that the tubular member have some degree of heat resistant property because of the fact that the portions at which each wire 3 comes into contact with the tubular member 4 tend to become heated, due to an ultrasonic energy, to a temperature as high as 100° C.
  • the tubular member 4 may have a plurality of hollow passages provided within, and extending parallel to, the outer wall of the tubular member throughout the entire length of the latter so that the wires 3 can individually pass through said hollow passages and oscillate therewithin.
  • Such a structure is particularly advantageous in that the wires 3 are prevented from running against one another when they vibrate in the lateral direction.
  • the tubular member 4, or the hollow passages therewithin may be filled with a suitable liquid 5 such as silicone oil so as to suppress the wires to vibrate in the lateral direction.
  • a suitable liquid 5 such as silicone oil so as to suppress the wires to vibrate in the lateral direction.
  • the viscosity of the liquid 5 may desirably be of 1 to 150 centipoise because, when the viscosity of the liquid is too high, not only the lateral vibrations of the wires 3 but also the required ultrasonic oscillations thereof are suppressed. On the other hand, when the viscosity is too low, the lateral vibrations of the wires 3 can not be suppressed enough and, therefore, the required ultrasonic oscillations can not be transmitted efficiently to the terminal machining tool.
  • the relationship between the viscosity of the liquid 5 filled into the tubular member 4 and the transmission efficiency of the cable is shown by a graph in FIG. 5.
  • the optimum viscosity of the liquid filled into the tubular member is in the range of about 5 to about 100 centipoise.
  • the transmission cables as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are most excellent and then follow those as shown in FIGS. 2 and 1, respectively in that order.
  • the transmission efficiency thereof is nearly equal to that of the cable in which the tubular member 4 is filled with the liquid 5 of about 0.2 centipoise in viscosity when the graph in FIG. 5 is referred to.
  • the transmission cable in FIG. 1 is far more excellent than a cable which comprises only a plurality of fine metallic wires with no tubular member surrounding same.
  • the transmission cable of the present invention has various advantages that since the lateral vibrations of the wires forming the cable are suppressed by the specific structure of the tubular member surrounding the wires or by the liquid filled within the tubular member, the ultrasonic oscillations of the wires can be transmitted to the terminal machining tool more efficiently than otherwise, and that since the tubular member is made of a flexible material, the cable is convenient for carrying out ultrasonic machining operations with the tool.

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EP1098295A2 (de) * 1999-11-03 2001-05-09 Krohne AG Ultraschallwellenleiter
EP1098295A3 (de) * 1999-11-03 2002-03-13 Krohne AG Ultraschallwellenleiter
US20150343191A1 (en) * 2012-12-28 2015-12-03 Bard Peripheral Vascular Drug delivery via mechanical vibration balloon
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